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OIGAR HOLDER.

No. 311,497. Patented Feb. 3, 1885.

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ATTORNEY UNITED STATES PATENT EErcE,

GEORGE W. KEITH AND GEORGE O. SUTHERLAND, OF TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA; SAID SUTHERLAND ASSIGNOR TO SAID KEITH.

ClGAR HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 311,497, dated February 3, 1885.

Application filed February 18, 1884.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, GEORGE WILLIAM KEITH, of the city of Toronto, in the county of York, in the Province of Ontario, Canada, and GEORGE C. SUTHERLAND, of the same place, have jointly invented a certain new and useful Cigar-Holder, (for which we have obtained Letters Patent in Canada, dated March 13, 1884,No.18,865;) and we do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same.

The invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in cigar-holders; and it consists in the peculiar combinations and the construction and arrangement of parts more fully hereinafter described, andthen pointed out in the claims.

In the drawing the figure represents a perspective view of our improved cigar-holder in the act of holding a cigar, the latter being shown in dotted lines.

A is the mouth-piece, made of amber or any other suitable material, and having a drafthole pierced through it.

B is a tube or hollow wire, with a flaring portion or cone, B, which is internally threaded to receive the mouth-piece A. A hole or passage-way is made through this wire or tube to correspond and connect with the hole or passageway made through the mouth-piece A. This hole or passageway extends to or near to the end of the wire B, which end is upturned and pointed, so that it maybe readily inserted into the cigar. A hole, I), is pierced through the hollow wire or tube B at or near the end of the passage-way therein, so as to form a connection between the said passageway and the interior, in order that a clear draft-passage may be open between the interior or body of the cigar to the end of the mouth-piece.

In order to provide means for supporting a cigar, we attach to the tube B a dished or concave support, D, and hinge to the part B of said tube a cap, F, constructed to fit over the top of the cigar.

E is an adjustable ring, arranged to grasp and hold the cigar between the support D and the cap F.

(No model.) Patented in Canada March 13, 1884, No. 18,805v

\IVe are aware that it has been proposed to provide a ciganholder consisting of a hollow wire having one end turned up and pointed and its other end provided with a mouthpiece, with a pair of hinged jaws having a spring to keep them normally closed, and

make no claim to such construction, as we deem our invention as essentially different therefrom and an improvement thereon, for such construction is objectionable for the reason that the spring is liable to get out of order, and then the holding device is of no use; and, besides, our device can be used to securely hold cigars of different sizes, owing to the ring E being made adjustable, whereas when hanged jaws held together by a spring are to said tube, in combination with the cap F,

hinged to said tube, and the adjustable ring E, substantially as and for the purposes speci fied.

2. A cigar-holder consisting of the tube B,

having conical enlargement B, and provided with the opening 1) near its upturned and pointed end, supportingpiece D, attached to said tube, mouth-piece A, inserted in said conical enlargement, the cap E, hinged to said part B, and the adjustable ring E, substan- 9o tially as and for the purpose specified.

Toronto, February 13, 1884.

GEO. W. KEITH. GEORGE O. SUTHERLAND.

In presence of- J. H. MAonoNALD, CHAS. O. BALDWIN. 

